During a speech in which Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan claimed to be anti-Semitic, he promptly made mention of “Satanic Jews.”

The Thursday address at Chicago’s St. Sabina Catholic Church by the fiery 86-year-old minister was, in part, a defense against anti-Semite, homophobic and misogynistic allegations that led to his being banned from Facebook, reported The Associated Press.

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“I stand on God’s word,” said Farrakhan who then claimed to know how to “separate the good Jews from the Satanic Jews.”

The Rev. Michael Pfleger invited Farrakhan to speak after the social platform banned the minister, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and right-wing celebrity Milo Yiannopoulos, claiming they violated the prohibition on “dangerous individuals.”

Farrakhan turned both defensive and rebellious during his speech, telling those who believe his heart is full of hate they have no idea as to who he is. He then claimed that some people who previously despised him now love him once they got to know him better.

The Archdiocese of Chicago distanced itself from Pfleger’s decision to invite Farrakhan.

“There is no place in American life for discriminatory rhetoric of any kind,” the archdiocese said in a statement. “At a time when hate crimes are on the rise, when religious believers are murdered in their places of worship, we cannot countenance any speech that dehumanizes persons on the basis of ethnicity, religious belief, economic status or country of origin.”

Hours before Farrakhan was scheduled to speak, officials of teh Illinois Holocaust Museum spoke out against Pfleger for “giving hatred a platform.”